Cause of Death: Cancer
She was raised by John Watson. (Sort of like adopted. ) She was married as Ella A. Scott Watson - so she must have been attached to her uncle.

1. 2. Ethel C. LUND   b. 20 Jul 1877, Hannibal,Oswego,Ny.
2. 3. Birnice Allie LUND   b. Abt 1880, Oswego,Ny.
3. 4. Bessie Alice LUND   b. 5 Sep 1884, Hannibal,New York; d. 23 Feb 1967, Crystal Lake,Il.
4. 5. Della Scott LUND   b. Feb 1886, Hannibal,Oswego,Ny; d. 1 Aug 1951, Crystal Lake,Il.
5. 6. UNKNOWN  

Ethel never married, but lived with her brother and his wife on 3rd St. in Crystal Lake, next to Veterans Acres park

She posed for a magazine cover on her sixteenth birthday!
She graduated from Crystal Lake high school, class of 1902.
She taught school at Silver Lake, Prarie Grove and Haligus.
She played the piano and organ.

SS # 335-38-4533

1. 7. Warren Lund COLBY   b. 12 May 1908, Abbotsford,Wi; d. 1995, St. Joseph,Mi.
2. 8. Agnes Elizabeth COLBY   b. 15 Sep 1910, Ridgefield,Il; d. 11 Nov 1992, Crystal Lake.
3. 9. Arden Keith COLBY   b. 27 Aug 1916, Crystal Lake,Il; d. 27 Nov 1967, Charleston,Sc; bur. Holy Cross,Charleston,Sc.
4. 10. UNKNOWN  
5. 11. Winfield Scott COLBY   b. 1925, Crystal Lake,Il; d. 1925, Crystal Lake,Il.

She came to Illinois with her sister, Bessie and the rest of the family. She was founder of the Garden Club.

1. 12. Ethel Mildred COLBY   b. 6 May 1910, McHenry County,Il; d. May 1986, Wilmette,Cook,Il.
2. 13. Fred Willard COLBY   b. 9 Jul 1911, Il; d. 17 Apr 1997, Wilmette,Cook,Il.
3. 14. Claude Scott COLBY   b. 4 Jul 1919, Il; d. Bef 2000.

born on Grandpa Lund's farm between Crystal Lake & Woodstock.

Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrhythmia
His birthcertificate is dated 10/14/1940 and signed by Ernest and notarized. Needed it for the Navy, probably.

He skipped the 6th grade

BIOGRAPHY: Served in the Navy in World War II, bothin the Atlantic and the Pacific. Was at the Normandy Landing, sharing quarterswith Ernest Hemingway!

After the War, he left the Navy, married, tried hisown CPA business, then returned to the Navy. He reached the rank of Commander,turned down Admiral when it meant he'd have to be transferred, and retired. He died six months later.